Frank Fools Crow (1890–1989)
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- Birthdate
- 1890
1891 - Date of death
- 1989-11-27
- Gender
- male
- Occupations
- holy man
- Organizations
- Teton Sioux
- Relationships
- Black Elk (uncle)
- Short biography
- Frank Fools Crow was a holy person and ceremonial chief of the Teton Sioux, as well as the nephew of Black Elk. Fools Crow participated at Wounded Knee in 1973, and was active in requesting the return of the Black Hills to the Sioux. In the 1970's Thomas E. Mails, with the help of Sioux leader and interpreter Dallas Chief Eagle, interviewed Frank Fools Crow. Mails based two books on those interviews covering the biography and philosophy of Frank Fools Crow: Fools Crow followed by Fools Crow : Wisdom and Power.
- Birthplace
- Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota, USA
- Place of death
- Kyle, South Dakota, USA
- Associated Place (for map)
- South Dakota, USA
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Fools Crow is based on interviews conducted in the 1970s. The holy man tells Thomas E. Mails about his eventful life, from early reservation days when the Sioux were learning to farm, to later times when alcoholism, the cash economy, and World War II were fast eroding the old customs. He describes this vision quests and his becoming a medicine man.
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